Pre-Ceiling Runs Out Future Meat Supplies
Chicago and Midwest stockyards faced record cattle and hog runs ahead of the OPA ceiling restoration. Officials described unprecedented shipments totaling over 139000 cattle and 71000 hogs across nine markets, with Chicago experiencing the largest weekly influx since 1934.
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Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Midwest
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Omaha
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
Iowa State College dairy extension specialists credit Dr. W. E. Bill Peterson a Minnesota dairy expert with aphorisms about milking cows. Phrases warn about udder care and profitability, noting udders as a key money source and stressing considerate milking practices.
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Iowa State College
W. E
Bill” Peterson
Minnesota University
Champion Steer At West Union Sells For 54 Cents Per Pound
Special to The Gazette West Union four H baby beef calf a Short horn shown by Earl Strong Elgin was bought by Dubuque Packing company for 54.00 per hundred weight 980 pounds sold for 529.20 The Hereford shown by Richard Adams Arlington and a Shorthorn owned by Marian Gehring Elgin sold for 272.80 and 384. Ten animals averaged 40 cents per pound Most went to the Dubuque company Market pigs shown by Ronald Behr Westgate weighed 560 pounds averaging 26 cents per pound and were purchased by the same packing company Gordon Pollock Elgin sold Poland Chinas to the Dubuque Packing company for 30 cents a pound.
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Dubuque Packing Company
Richard Adams
Arlington
Marian Gehring
Dubuque Company
Ronald Béhr
Westgate
Both Packing Company
Gordon Pollock
Poland
Brandon Farm Youth Injured After Tractor Upset
Brandon Dick Hertzberg, 14, living with grandparents south of town, suffered multiple fractures of his right leg when a tractor overturned and pinned him on a road north of the Ralph Bender farm. He was found by Albert Hoppe and taken to Independence hospital.
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Herman Brunko
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Albert Hoppe
Independence
Artificial Breeding Meetings Set at Ames
Officers, directors, managers and technicians of Iowa artificial breeding associations will meet at Iowa State College for a one day conference on Sept 11. The program begins at 10 am with talks on bull selection and reading pedigrees. Dr W E Peterson and Dr Greg Raps plus Dr J L Lush will address herd management cross breeding and current research. A short course in artificial breeding Sept 9 to 14 offers practical training for technicians over 21 years of age, limited to 20 participants.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
W. E. Peterson
Minnesota University
Greg Raps
J. L. Lush
Iver Johnson to Lead U.S. Agricultural Tour of Britain
American agricultural experts will depart around Sept. 3 for a month long tour of UK agricultural stations and farms as guests of Great Britain. The group includes Iver J. Johnson of the Iowa State College department of agronomy in Ames.
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Washington
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Iver J. Johnson
Department of Agronomy
Iowa State College
Ames
Winneshiek 4-H duo to present Cowbarn Maneuvers title
Decorah-Dennis Humker and Harold Sunday of Calmar will represent Winneshiek county in the state fair 4-H demonstration contest Tuesday with their presentation "Cowbarn Maneuvers to Master Mastitis."
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Dennis Humker
Harold Sunday
Calmar
Winneshiek County
Ordnance Plants Converted to Fertilizer Production
The army names nine contractors to operate 15 ordnance plants next month converting to fertilizer output for war-torn regions. The plan targets 70,000 tons monthly ammonium nitrate. Cactus and Wabash River works also join, expanding civilian fertilizer supply to farmers nationwide.
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Army
Army Ordnance
Cactus Ordnance Works
Etter
Texas
Wabash River Ordnance Works
Dana
Ind
Emergency Export Corporation
Kansas City
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Grand Island
Radford and Lawrence Ordnance Plants to be Operated by Hercules
Hercules Powder company will operate the Flower Ordnance works in Lawrence Kansas and the Radford Ordnance works in Radford Virginia, per planned management changes.
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Lawrence, Kan
Radford Ordnance Works
Radford
Hercules Powder Company
Facial Vision Helps Blind Farmer in Colorado
Joe Baca, blinded by a bobby trap in Italy in 1944, uses facial vision learned at Avon hospital to tend his 350 chickens in Johnstown Colorado. The 25 year old veteran, who joined the army in 1942, now feels objects and air pressure with his face to navigate and work at home.
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Colo
Joe Baca
Colorado
Italy
Joe
Army
Old Farms
Avon
Connecticut
Local Veteran Secures House Loan For Poultry Venture
Joe visited the veterans administration in Denver and arranged a loan to buy a house on a one acre plot ideal for chicken raising. He will gain poultry experience through on the job training at a nearby hatchery to learn more about the business.
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Joe
Veterans Administration
Denver
Feeding Hungry World Seeful Yet Difficult For U S
The United States as a major food supplier faces a touchy task exporting up to 400 million bushels of grain for 1946 47. Demand remains uncertain as nations wait for bargains amid a boxcar shortage threatening shipping timetables and risky delays.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Govi To Sue Firms Short On Set-Aside
Washington The Agriculture Department has served notice on dairy processors and handlers delinquent on set aside quotas. It warns of legal action to recover the difference between delivered costs and later market costs. Delinquent firms face only required products purchase and possible cancellation of authorizations as assemblers or receivers of set aside dairy products.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dai
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